Thucydides and Hesiod

Finglass, P.J.

Abstract

The puzzling reference by Thucydides, during his account of Demosthenes’ Aetolian campaign in 426, to the death of Hesiod, can be explained as an instance of foreshadowing through myth: Hesiod’s tragic end prepares the reader for the tragic consequences of Demosthenes’ decisions. A similar use of mythical foreshadowing in Herodotus is compared.

Citation

Finglass, P. (2013). Thucydides and Hesiod. Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica, https://doi.org/10.1400/222506

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Journal: Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica
• Print ISSN: 0033-4987
• Electronic ISSN: 1724-1901
• Publisher: Fabrizio Serra editore
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: ns 105
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1400/222506
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1004157
• Publisher URL: http://digital.casalini.it/10.1400/222506
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• Additional Information: Part of the section: Note di lettura e recensioni (to which the DOI refers).